Date: Tue, 25 Nov 1997 18:42:33 -0500
From: Gareth Branwyn
Subject: Re: VERNACULAR MISHAPS
>Below is a partial list of emails that I get all the time from folks just
trying
>to be helpful and friendly.
>
>Clemson Wedding Revenge
>American Cancer Society 3 cents per message
>Good Times Virus
>Craig Shergold Cancer Cards
>Steven Wright/George Carlin jokes (most are actually from other comedians)
>Mouse Balls
>Microsoft Buys Catholic Church (as much as I hate to get it, still very
funny)
>Neiman-Marcus Cookie Recipe
>Pen-Pal Virus
And then there's "Gen-X office jargon" (or other similar titles) which is
actually jargon/slang ripped off directly from my Jargon Watch column.
Obviously, the terms are not mine, but the definitions are. It's been
floating around net.humor mailings for over a year and has shown up in
everything from The Economist to the Washington Post (twice!) to the
Microsoft corporate newsletter...without attribution, of course.
Gareth
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Gareth Branwyn
garethb2[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]aol.com, http://home.earthlink.net/~garethb2/
Contributing editor, Wired
Co-author _Happy Mutant Handbook_ , _Internet Power Toolkit_
Author, _Jargon Watch: A Pocket Dictionary for the Jitterati_